One reason I haven’t been blogging much lately is that I’ve been running phone banks in what little spare time I have. And if I didn’t say that here, you could have found out about it here. In the words of Kos diarist Mr. Jordan: This was my first effort in [...]
First time I saw this, I assumed it had to be Photoshopped. Nope. Oh, and Marc Ambinder’s having a caption contest.
See Part 1 and Part 2 here. Throughout this campaign, it’s been seen as something of a truism that Senator Barack Obama is weak among white working-class males. Certainly Hillary Clinton was able to appeal more directly to that group, and the McCain-Palin ticket has continued to exploit that weakness. And in my [...]
Much has been made about the differences between Barack Obama and John McCain when it comes to technology. And most of the comparisons are pretty accurate. While McCain boasts that he doesn’t use email, Obama has an iPhone app, a highly sophisticated web site, and even does in-game campaign ads. The latest [...]
This is the second installment of my “Five things I learned on the trail” series. You can read the first part here. 2. Students and poor voters are underrepresented in polls.
It probably comes as no surprise that polls underrepresent college students and poor voters. Several factors cause these [...]
I just spent three days canvassing for Barack Obama in Pennsylvania. I won’t claim this makes me an expert about the election. However, I do think I learned a few things that help provide some context to the polls, which continue to show Obama well ahead of McCain. I’ll lay out my thoughts over [...]
As a TPM reader comments:
If a Dem had made that statement (my fellow prisoners) and in that context, the repubs would loudly proclaim the man mad as a hatter and unfit for the presidency. And judging from other recent actions, he may very well be unfit and it would not be a service to the [...]